inkiness

Questions about inkiness

What does inkiness mean?

inkiness means "the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)".

How many syllables are in inkiness?

inkiness has 3 syllables and divides as in-ki-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for inkiness?

Close synonyms include black, blackness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inkiness a common word?

inkiness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.